Mikhail Tal v Lev Polugaevsky Tbilisi 1959

Mikhail Tal vs Lev Polugaevsky
USSR Championship 1959
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B94)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rad1 Nc5 11. Rfe1 Bd7 12. a3 Qc7 13. b4 Na4 14. Na4 Ba4 15. Be6 fe6 16. Ne6 Qc2 17. Qd4 Kf7 18. Rc1 Qa2 19. e5 de5 20. Qe5 Qf2 21. Kf2 Ng4 22. Kg1 Ne5 23. Re5 Bg5 24. Ng5 Kg6 25. Ne6 Rhe8 26. Re3 Rac8 27. Rf1 Bb5 28. Rg3 Kh6 29. Ng7 Rf8 30. Re1 Rf6 31. h3 Rc2 32. Re4 Rc4 33. Re5 Rc1 34. Kh2
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[@MAMP]

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To me it is like the sound of the pieces themselves as they move and it has become a vital aspect of Mato's videos.

[@servicemale]

..and the arrows.

[@marshallbaruah3435]

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[@cmck362]

I wish I could see a Tal vs Carlsen game. Tal will always be my favorite chess player.

[@MatoJelic]

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[@cmck362]

MatoJelic Isn't that the troll game you posted for April fools?

[@scottrackley4457]

Tal might could win 2 out of 10, but I'd love to see it, no one could calculate with Tal

[@KeimaOtamegane]

+Chris c-k Its the truth~

[@miamigardensvoicetv9911]

2 wins for Tal, 7draws and 1 win for Carlson.

[@GoUtes92]

Funny. When Mato asked at 2:06 "what is the best square for the bishop?", I was like "well, I would have to think about it a bit. However, I think the bishop may have gone to take the pawn on e6. Just because that's something I think Tal would do.

[@639suresh]

Same here bro

[@jaysenreyes8160]

Mikhail Tal's games tells that chess is an art... Brilliant moves, fantastic sacrifices of pawns and pieces, and the greatest king hunter of all Grand Master... Thanks mato for another Tal's amazing game you've shared...

[@sherratto3087]

Thanks for posting!

[@markbutler6788]

More Tal...must have more Tal...

[@bitoybicol4087]

Fischer is my idol for such a long time already, but having watched several games of Tal, i would like to believe that they are of equal talent. Just sharing my humble opinion.

[@1953globetrotter]

excellent commentary....excellent job....you are an excellent teacher.... Bravo !!!

[@MatoJelic]

Thank you

[@leoneverte]

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[@locutusdborg126]

Great game and another demonstration of Tal's attacking genius.

[@powerguido1299]

Tnks!!

[@abhishekmishra9294]

Your commentary is awesome Mato .. I'm a big fan of you ;)

[@abhishekmishra9294]

Specially if it's made on Tal's chess games

[@abhishekmishra9294]

I still love to watch those videos on TAL's games ..

[@richardandrada9898]

Excellent choice of a Tal game... My new favorite

[@johncharles2513]

TAL was the first alien in our world recorded in chess notes. his moves are out of the world. he is one of his kind. nowadays we see very boring games from carlsen and all, only karuana tries to bring back TAL at times

[@V8SupersQirreL]

Tense game, like in soccer: 1:0, 1:1, and in the 85. min 2:1, and 3:1 in the 87th minute. Nice goals!!

[@TheHungdo]

Tal's games are so satisfying to watch

[@imrozzahan7328]

Tal's attack is something that Spassky and Fischer used to be too careful than necessary and most of his sacrifices were as legendary as himself.

[@hosseinmoradi8490]

Thanks so much Mato, can we see more Tal games please?

[@betulaobscura]

Beautiful game!

[@giovannicappello2916]

Tal style is the best ever!

[@ccdd2493]

i come to mato's video for geography lessons , tbilisi is in georgia noted...

[@arsenalfanrichi]

A piece for two pawns, a tempo and exposing the king is a decent compensation sometimes. I saw the sacrifice straight away. Now... if only I could stop the unintentional "sacrifices"

[@cromcourtney5639]

great 'guess the move' for a Tal game. Great sense of humor Mato

[@pierforce12]

Tal is the most exciting player!

[@mariopinot9884]

Nice

[@flaming-sword007]

The bishop sacrifice is quite common in the Sicilian Najdorf. Tal continued his attack with precise moves and the belief to checkmate the opponents king with reduced material.

[@hddm3]

Man I love tal style. This is how I want to play.

[@lowlypeasant]

Mato is simply the best.

[@Magicwillnz]

As soon as I saw Tal I knew I wanted to see this.

[@altimate1]

Learning learning and learning. Until I get big maad!!

[@vladzolotarev2027]

Красивая атака по центру, все фигуры участвуют

[@meatballg8655]

What is the best square for light square bishop? Set here e whole time hoping he doesn't say e6 even though it's tal and I know it's going to be e6

[@RICKYMDOGG]

More Tal:-)

[@MegaFerxs]

Tiflis....to correct the name of the city. Great match Mato, I like so much your vídeos...goodbye, ser you soon

[@pareshd3284]

Tal's moves are way out of our imaginations😢 😂... A True Champ he was 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@tobiasmanten3314]

Why didnt Tal play 32. Re5 instead of 32. Re4 ? Can someone answer this for me plz ?

[@IanLEAU]

That variation at 4:05 - Wouldn't Nec7 fork both rooks? And even if Rc8 to pin the knight, you would take the rook on A8 and be up on material by the end of the exchange.

[@srhyaekuau]

What a player..

[@yellowdart6666]

i think that damn Tal can fight out of anything

[@kevinbyrne4538]

Would I have made a sacrifice as Tal did? Not unless I could calculate further than I can at present.

[@GoodDay-jp5hi]

I would have sacrificed the bishop too...IF ....I knew how to play further like Tal.

[@sorenakhosronejhad4787]

Hi mato..you're speaking like godfathers😉😁

[@waqasbutt99]

MatoJelic. We have reached a critical position :) kidding. best chess videos on youtube. every game explained within 10 mis.

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[@hassanturja6958]

tal the greatest attacking player...

[@QDem19]

I wonder what a modern computer would think about the bishop sacrifice...probably unsound, but such is the genius of Tal.

[@jacksonwolf4656]

Who is the ONE PERSON who disliked this beauty?

[@myworldorder6753]

The ghost of the guy tal humiliated in this game lol.

[@roadrage9191]

Your videos have changed my perspective on chess somewhat, never played official chess or something only personal friendly games. Always thought it was more about how many pieces you had and trying to corner pieces to take them at low cost, but this is all trivial. I see now that I always played way to defensive and lost a lot of games due to this. Only 2 things appear to matter the most, developing all of your pieces into open play and exposing the king of your opponent by knocking down the defenses or not allowing him to protect his king. Very interesting, will try to play differently from now on.

[@RantyCat]

Watch the games of Paul morphy...the true level of positional and tactical sacrifices.

[@guardrover]

well put

[@calvinmerriman684]

at 2:22 i new the bishop was going to go to E6

[@bowrudder899]

My poor, poor Polugaevsky! I'm just glad he didn't try to play the Polugaevsky (7. …b5) against Tal!

[@yellowdart6666]

5:09 I can see the dust settling. blood all over the board. ooooo eee

[@paraiso1972]

Mikhail Tal had white pieces and started with E4. Black resigned.

[@pengasus]

If Tal has white pieces, i resign. then again i'd resign regardless...

[@peermal7275]

lol😂

[@abelardo2017]

Can someone explain why white is in advantageous position at 6:22?

[@BassemAbdouni]

+burhan bozkurt White would be up a pawn

[@johncharles2513]

more of tal plz, in his time, tal WAS famous for chess, but now, can you guess the killer sentence? now....tal IS famous for MATO

[@Gamer2O12]

You pretty much have to sacrifice the bishop, its for 2-3depending on variation(lets say 2.5 pawns) and bringing the king out in the open is totally worth half a pawn, especially since white have lead in development. Doing passive move like Bishop b3 is a mistake i think, he will trade all he can trade and castle, and your lead in develpoment will dissipate into thin air. Black would have won the opening this way. This lead in development its going towards possible sacrifice out of the opening.

[@Gamer2O12]

if you wouldnt sacrifice the bishop then instead you could consider playing f2-f3 instead of Rf1-e1. Its much safer and stronger central structure, with all your pieces being free to move wherever you want, and it costs only 1 move, where Re1 doesnt cost a move(since you are develpoing a piece), but weakens f2 and removes f2-f4-f5 attacking possibility(among other things), basically its an inferior move to f2-f3 with exception that you get an extra tempo. So if you dont go for sacrifice bishop vs 2.5 pawns(or something similiar) youre losing most of your initiative.

[@carlosmacucha7898]

Tal was the greatest ever among others like Emanuel Lasker and Paul Morph

[@ejanbojovic4861]

Neke partije ili pogresno prepises ili ja crni los, ima kraljicom da jede konja

[@frank_1126]

"The spite check" lol

[@cestmirustvanlety4645]

More chess....more TAL......:-)

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Tal...Mato...what is there not to like?

[@orepsa]

Tals the goat

[@caiolescher808]

Tal is the best ever!

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hello

[@leoneverte]

into too Fire of Attack... Trigonoemetrick intuitive sackrifisez in miggleSpiel.. M, Tal RIP..

[@DissiDiaTunez]

why do the Grandmasters resign before checkmate, is it because of etiquette? maybe a form of respect for not prolonging the lost game?

[@jirayasha3869]

Its to show respect if I am not mistaken.

[@yellowdart6666]

Tal has taught me to disregard the safety of my pieces. let those bastards die for the cause. just recently trapped my dark square bishop to open up a massive advantage for me killing pawns and regaining pieces i've lost already. it's fun now because I don't care whether my pieces live or die

[@Gr3gorius]

yellowdart6666 Great story, now show us the game when Tal sacrificed his bishop to capture few pawns.

[@ferdinandico2933]

Tal can sustain his sacrificial lamb, as i see it.

[@zbigniewopenchowski4103]

Poland Immaculate

[@MrLimon27]

Is this real life?

[@michaelbonds6881]

No it was taken from anime and stuff

[@MrLimon27]

Or is this just fantasy~?

[@michaelbonds6881]

of course NOT, Mikhail Tal was the Greatest attacker in the Chess history. Mato simply explains those matches because some people don't understand advanced chess matches like this one

[@MrLimon27]

Jaja. That's cool :3

[@MrLimon27]

I go to places. Not reality, but places.

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999 likes... nobody ruin it ! xd

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1000 now! Woh i was nr. 1000:-)

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Mato rulez!